Education

Education @ Amathole Museum

The Education section, an integral part of the museum, and it straddles between the mammal, history and anthropology sections. With artefacts from these sections, it educates the public. Scholars, day-to-day visitors, tourists (local and international) and students from colleges and universities are given a low down on these and everything else. The educators also visit schools around Qonce for lessons on vertebrates and invertebrates to offer enrichment lessons. These lessons, approved by the Department of Basic Education, have received tremendous praise and approval from the schools.

From time to time, we receive invitations from smaller museums to assist in outreach activities. We have been to KwaMaqoma, Komani and Mt Ayliff to help in reaching out to schools in these areas. We have exhibited artefacts and also conducted career guidance workshops for learners.

During the past two years (2025/2026), the section has had a presence in the National Arts Festival in Makhanda displaying our wares. Previously, it went to exhibit at St Georges Cricket grounds in Gqeberha and drew a number of excited fans to its exhibition. We were the first museum to exhibit in an international cricket match involving the Proteas and the Sri Lanka cricket team.

From time to time the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture invites the section to display on special occasions locally and in places outside of Qonce. We also work closely with the Bisho Massacre memorial museum as we still have a display of the massacre and have taken students to the former place to conduct lessons.

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